The Sun. — London, England, 1836-01-16 00:00:00

FRENCH - PAPE R S. , . - CIIA.MI3ER OF DEPUTIES. CONTINUATION OF THE SITTING OF TUESDAY. M. de Mornay proposed that the following amendment should be added to the fifth paragraph :—" This happy harmony affords us a hope that, in concer t w ith Gr eat . Britai n and the Powers *hose interests are connected with pup, you may be able, Sire; to restore the European balance; so necessary to the, maintenance of peace, and that the first pledge - of it may be the preservation of the ancient nationality of •Poland, which has been consecrated by treaties." The PreSident having announced that the Hon. Deputy whoGe amendment had jus't. been 're.id, was in possession of the- tribune. M. de Mornay read a written speech in favour of his amendment, and communicated to the, Chamber the text of a letter addressed by one of the Members of the Con gress of Vienna to the President - of the PoliSh Senate. The letter in question distinctly stated that Poland was to enjoy all her libertics, and S'N as to` be united to RUssia only by name. The President of the Council stated, that at the period of the Polish insurrection in 1831,the French Government took every possible step to bring about an amicable arrangement between the belligerent parties, and afterwards protested against th e Violation of the treaty of Vienna by Russia. The Cabinet had therefore done its duty, and till now the Chamber had concurred in its policy. He would now ask if circumstances had changed since the close of last session ? He thOught. not ; for it could scarcely be contended that the plwases.of a certain manifesto, which had obtained but too Pinch notoriety, had as vet assumed the character of an • decree. If he could suppose that there were any • " Mein—Deputies in that Chamber who held that the time for prudent reserve was past, and that war ought to be declared between France and. Russia, he would entreat those Hon. Deputies to ascend the tribune, and to discuss -the point with him .(the:,Minister) ; but it was not consi dered desirable to carry matters , to the extremity of war, and all that was' sought was to obtain a protest. What object could be gained by the perpetual repetition of pro tests, which were unworthy the dignity of a powerful na tion ? A prudent and a well-timed degree of reserve had som e powc;, but a common-place periodical protest at last dwindled into a mere matter of routine—a sort: of pro tocol, as little heeded by those who read • as by those who framed it a wordy protest which cbukl not be imme ' 'diately followed up i;y deeds, he considered of little use. Ministers, as well as the members of that Chamber, were favourable to the cause of Poland ; but was it reasonable to en•conrage hopes, to accomplish which France 'was not in a coNlition to lend her aid He wished "to present another consideration to the Chamber; It was necessary to think not only of the Poles who were safe in France, but of those who at this moment were on the banks of the Vistula and at the mercy of their foe. It might be said ' that Poland had already been exposed -to the very extre- ' - ,, • rnity of suffering, With all due deference to the Chamber, .Zand without the slightest intention of making light of the ,:,calarnities sustained by anleroic people, he would say that the s u ff er i ngs o f P o l an d m i g ht be still further augmented. , 1'4,, ,the had still something to fear as well as to hope. He *as • aware that it ill became him to take a prominent part in :,; ;; t,h - 'debate on the -Address, but he had considered it his ?a ' 147 91 - 6 lay bef ore the Chamber a clear statement of the , intbAble c onsequence o f its vote on this question. He felt b , cOntin ce d th at a v o te i n f avo ur of the amendment now pro 'posed would by no means serve the cause of Poland.- -("'Hear,7 from tile Centre.) X Odillon Barrot thought it strange that an amendment in favour of Poland should now be repelled by the 'Govern ment, when a similar amendment, proposed by 'him (the Hon. Deputy) last session, had been unanimously accepted by the majority of the Chamber. He Considered it an in conconsistency to say that the amendment now proposed should be rejected in the interest of Poland herself. If this assertion were true, why had it not been made last year? It was idle to 'deny the importance of a document which had been circulated throughout all Europe, Diplomatists • t'light, perhaps, pay no regard to any other doetunents than Protocols, and those transmitted through accredited agents : but nations attached some weight to a document „that had roused the indignant comments of an entire I , „lltiarter of the globe.—(" Hear, hear," from the Left.) of The representatives of France had declared that the thatneverperishßussianand Chamber ,now tamely endure the E inso • lent proclamation in the face of urope—that the idea of • Polish nationality was a criminal chimera, which must he q • i• t - ft e d in the bosom of every Me ? Considerations of mere fi r .„liumanity might formerly have been connected with the Po • question ; but since the Czar's late speech to the mu 4,Dieipality of Warsaw, that question had become identified 1.„ with one of national dignity ; and for his part, he pitied the man who could remain insensible to an outrage which, he ~,{,rusted, would rouse the indignation of every independent member in that Chamber, who felt for the insulted honour ofthis country.—(Bravo, from the left.) The Hon. Deputy maintained that, since the memorable manifesto of the Ent . peror Nicholas, Frenci: diplomacy had not made the slight est progress on the Polish question ; and this fact he thought, • oonclusive, as to the necessity imposed on the Chamber of passing a formal vote in favour of Polish nationality. He was of opinion that an explicit and solemn act of that na ture, would warn . the Northern Autocrat that the eyes of France were fixed on Poland, and that she loudly protested against the violation of the treaties of 18/.5, and the culpable aggressions of Russia. After an animated description' of the sufferings of - Poland, the Hon. -- Deputy 'entreated the ' Chamber not to desert the sacred cause in support of which' he now raised his feeble voice. A few words, vaguely re ferring to the maintenance of treaties, were not, in his opi nion, sufficient ; a clear, formal, and precise vote was re quired. It mattered little whether the amendment of M. Bignon, or that of M. de Mornay, or that of M. Eugene d'Harcourt might be adopted, provided the sacred name of Poland were introduced into the solemn protest of the Chamber, which, insignificant as Ministers might affect to think it, would indisputably have more weight than the _luke warm remonstrances of a t i m id , uncerta i n, and vacil !_ating,polic... Y The "Hon. Deputy here quitted the tri bune, ank on resuming his seat, was warmly congratulated by his friends among the Opposition DepUties. Consider able a gi tat i on e• prevailed, for some time, in the Chamber, and the Sittingwhich— was suspended for about ten minutes, after M. de la Martine ascended the Tribune, and expressed his convicti on t h at he could not be suspecte d o f a w i s h to oppo se t h e generous sympathies of the Chamber, in favour of P o l an d . He was opposed to the i ntro d uct i on of foreign t op i cs, which, he feared, might compromise the :dignity o f t h e country. As a member of the Com mittee, he felt b ound to explain that .t h e om i ss i on o f t hename of P o l an d i n t h e Add ress was not i n t en ti on al. The Committ ee suppos e d that i t h a d b een - sufficiently alluded to in the wording of the document. There was, however, another reason for avoiding all mention of the name of th a t country ; and i t was s i mp l y t h at nat i ons should be careful how they employed irritating language, Such as .had occurred in the American business. It was likewise to be feared that the protestations of the Cham ber would only render the condition of the Poles on the banks of th e Vi s t u l a worse t h an i t actua ll y was . Th e lion. Deputy then gave a summary of the Polish ques tion from 1791, and blamed Napoleon for having sacri ficed tile independence of. Peland to his oWn ambition. Ile was of opinion that in 1831 France acted rightly in net embracing the cause of Poland, and thereby throwing the whole of Europe into a state Of coinmaiion ; and that. now, in 1836, the question was altogether changed. He main tained that France was no longer isolated ; that she was united to powerful allied, without Whose concurrence she could do nothing. If, however, France and England should thoroughly ttnderstaMl each other, they would settl e the question of 'Poland' in a manner favourable to th e interests of EuroPe, and to the progress 2f liber a l ideas. The Polish question was intimately al lied with that of the East. The salvation of Poland de pended not upon London or Paris, but upon ConstantinOple, and, without going into all the depths of that question, it svas necessary to have courage enough to say that the pre sumption of some opinions against the ambition of Russia wa s ill founded.—(MurrnurS.) Russia had not strength eno ug h to cherish an excessive degree of ambition. It Was of no use for the People to blind themselves to actual liicts, or to bow to the tyranny of prejudice. The Hon. ▪ eputy end e d b y ex h ort i ng the Chamber to dismiss the dre a d of Russia, and asserted that the result of such con 13u_c_itnwroi would be t o t urn the Bosphoilis to the advantage, not England on l y , b ut of France, and ,9f the whole world. added, that h e wou ld support the Address -exactly as mathk a fram e d by the Committee. Constaotinoe la R e d orte prove d that the possess i on o f Potence upo n pie b y' the R uss i ans wou ld b e o f pern i c i ous in opinions upo n See equilibri um o f E urope, support i ng his Helena. rn e asserti ons of N apo l eon, uttere d at St. M. St. Marc Girardin had only a few words to add : he thanked the illustr'or ,tuber on t h e r i g h t f or h av i ng g i ven assu r ances to the c r had,:)n the subj ec t o f R uss i a ; he could only observe that ho ' the use of the Bosphorus -that that NnVoo 111‘d'is b li e to a d e o rim avi e -a a y ga l• a it s li t the progress of civilization. All that it sh ou ld not become Russian. he d es i re d was that wish e d f or tide i ntro , auction of the name at least of Poland into the Addresq And he was also anxious to point out the una n imity of the- Chamber in favour of that country. ill% i an :Atti.-oauget was: of opinion - that Poland al ' because in a representative Goveridim s e t hould no t b e -rn , s ' l v i a o s u l o d f . portanee that menaces towards foreign Pow e r s she avoided.. M. Odill on Barrot declared that himself and 114 friends w ere , anxious to have thealationality of Poland mentioned in the 4ddress ; prudence ,k 4 bee 4 rePoraggincled to them, but it was an odd time-to insist on the exercise of an excess of prudence in foreign 'affairs, when the internal tranquillity of the country was stated to be _ such .as to alloW of a greater exertion of force abroad. An unwillingness was expressed that the Poles should con tinue to , hope ; this . was precisely what the Emperor Nicholas wished. This, it must be admitted, was a sin gular coincidence. Ministers were unwilling that their negociations should be disturbed, but it was really a humi liating idea that the expression of a generous feeling should be able to deStroy, the diplomacy of the country. If an _Obstinate power resisted the representations made to it., the vote of the Chamber should be regarded as an advantage ous auxiliary, and not as an embarrassment. The Hon. Deputy then cited several examples of protestations made before the sword had been drawn; and expressed a hope that the country would not abandon its former policy, which had been one of generosity and of high civilization. In the midst of all the troubles and commotions of the country, one sentiment had prevailed in that Chamber—a feeling in favour of the nationality of Poland ; and it was impossible that it should be otherwise now, when France enjoyed pro found tranquillity and peace.—(Hear.) M. de Mornay's amendment was then put to the vote, and adopted by a considerable majority, as also the fifth paragraph. The adoption . of the amendment was received with loud and prolonged cheers by the deputies of the Op position. M. Isambert wished to address a question to the Minister for Foreign Affairs on the subject of the Russian-Polish claims, the negotiation relative to which, he trusted, was suspended. The President of the Council replied, that the negotia tion in question still continued, but that there was every reason to hope for its speedy termination in a manner ad vantageous to France. The 6th, 7th, and Bth paragraphs of the address were then successively adopted without discussion. M. Dubois (of the department of the Loire Inferieure) was desirous of knowing why the Government had sus pended the emission of the third series of the Greek loan. He considered the measure of sufficient importance to have been alluded to in the speech from the throne. The Hon. Deputy then dwelt on the state of anarchy which pre vailed in Greece, and on the dangers with which French influence was threatened by the personal intervention of the King of Bavaria in the affairs of that country. The President of the Council explained, that when the accounts of the Greek Government appeared sufficiently clear to the French Government, the third series of the Greek loan might probably be emitted. With regard to general considerations, he thought it unfair to pronounce a decided opinion on the state of Greece till King Otho, who had just assumed the reins of government, had been allowed time to justify the hopes with which he had inspired Europe. M. Dubois declared himself satisfied with the explana tion just given by the President of the Council ; and at six o'clock the sitting was adjourned till to morrow (Wednes day), when the remaining paragraphs of the address will be discussed. SITTING OF WEDNESDAY, JAN. 13. M. Dupin, President. The Chamber was but thinly attended at the commence ment of this sitting, and even at two o'clock there were not more than from .50 to GO deputies present. The order of the day was the discussion of the remain ing articles of the address, in reply to the King's Speech. M. Gaugier proposed to add the folloWing passage to the Bth paragraph :-" The Chamber observes with regret, that individuals, holding public situations with salaries from the Government are allowed in their capacity of depu- , ties to exercise a control and a vote upon the budget of expenses-is it not at the same time unjust and dangerous to the public interests, that such persons should be permitted to receive salaries during the legisla tive session, whilst they are incapacitated from performing the duties which such situations require." The hon. deputy in supporting the above proposition, observed, that as the address in answer to the Royal Speech was the watchword of the session, he was induced to say a few words upon the subject embodied in the above proposition. For the last five years energetic appeals of the same nature had been made to the Chamber, but in vain ; he was not, however, deterred from doing his duty ; nor should he shrink from expressing his disapprobation of what he considered an in fringement of the constitution of tho Chamber. The lion. deputy then entered into a description of the organization the Chamber, and concluded by sayine , that " it would be very astonishing if the Chamber rejected his proposition."- ( Laughter.) M. Jolivet observed that the hon. deputy who had just spoken would do right to include in his proposition the pro prietors of the iron-works, who frequently cost the State , much more than public functionaries. M. Gaugier (who is a proprietor of iron -works), in reply, said, that when the question of customs was before the, Chamber, he should take care to treat the subject of the ; iron trade upon its general principle, and not as a matter of private .interest. For the present, he should withdraw his amendment, being determined to renew the application when the budget was brought forward. M. d'Harcourt proposed to add to the ninth paragraph the folloWing words :--And ,upon the important question of our foreign commerce, which requires a more liberal basis." M. Bussiere opposed the above amendment, upon the ground that although the views of the committee were not sufficiently explicative, still be saw no necessity for adopting the words of M. d'Harcourt. The amendment was subsequently withdrawn. Tho Chamber was discussing the 11th article of the ad dress when.our reporter left. FRENCH FUNDS.-Psats, JANUARY 13. Five per Cents , 108 t: I.loc. 109 f. sc. Four per Cents., 102 f. 40c. 30c. Thee, per Cents., VIE 811. 20c. 15c. 20e. Bank Actions, 2,150 f. 2,1551. Bente de Naples, 951. 85c. 90e. 75c. Roman Five per Cents., 103 , 1 103. Spanish Actives,.49!4 %4. Spanish Differes,..:s 25 , 4. Spanish Passives, 15: 7 ;; Stovre Spanish Loan, 39V. Belgian Loan, Five per Cents, 103. Pori uguese Lost), Five per Cents., 85. • Portuguese Three per Cents. 55 54%. MicHANGE ON LONDON. 0.,e mouth, pai,er, '4sc. 55c. ; money, 25r. 52'4c. re. ree monthS, paper,-1. -c.; money, 25f. 37i4c. n vs Antnettligite. Bo u usx, Tn REX o'CLOCK.-Yesterday evening the Routes fell to 81f. 5c., on the news that the Chamber of Deputies had adopted the amendment about Poland in the address. This morning at Tortoni's the price remained at 81f. 71c., but at the opening of the Bourse the Three per Cents. rose to 81f, 35c. In Spanish stock very little business is doing, and no fluc tuations have taken •place. The unfortunate occurrence at Barcelona has thrown a gloom almost over every thing that relates to Spain. QUARTER TO FOUR.-Five per Cents., 108 f. Isc. ; Three per Cents., 81f. 30c. ; Five per Cents. Spanish, -; Three per Cents. Spanish, -; Cortes, -; Coupons, 25/ ; Gueb hands, -; Differes, 19}; New Loan, -; Actives, 491 ; Passives, 16 ; Ducats, - 98 fls ; Romans, 103 ; Pedros, 85 ; Belgians, 103 ; Dutch, -f. ; Hay tians, -f. -c. ; Nliguels, 21 ; Brabant ank, -; Belgian Bank, 131; Con tinuation, -c. ; New Differes, 25/ ; Five per Cent. Peype tuelles, BRUSSELS PAPERS. The average prices of Wheat and Rye, in the first week of January (Monday, 4th, to Saturday, 9th) were 14f. 80e. and Bf. 84c. per hectolitre. The import duties there fore remain at f. 75,00 and f. 43,00 per 1,000 killogrammes. It is a strange mania which constantly drives the French to seek the conquest of the neighbourinc , States, when they have never known how to make the most of the advan tages of their own country. The union of Bc4gium with France is still the fixed idea of the Parisian (especially the Republican) press. A late number of the National has the following passage :—" France is the only one of all the. great states which has not been increased since 178) ; all the others have been enormously aggrandized. Stich a state of things might have ceased after the revo lution of 1830 ; it might also cease in a war which should be excited by the ambition of Russia. Hitherto England has not explained its intentions with respect to us ; it has never said whether it would consent to let us pre serve ,our natural boundaries, in return for the assistance that we should give it. In 1830, it manifested against the union of Belgium to France, that obstinate opposition which it alone showed in Europe for twenty years ; and nothing proves that England is willing to depart from its ancient policy, which tends to prevent the aggrandizement of France. We think that it would be a great error to engage in the English system, Without knowing whether that system is sufficiently modified, to leave to France a le,gitimate share of the benefits. If England persists in the blind jealousy which made it carry on war with the French Revolution for twenty-five years, which led it to weaken France, when conquered, as much as was in its power, and, in 1830, to oppose with all its might the incorpora tion of Belgium, we can have nothing to do with it ; its alliance is good only in time of peace, and worth nothing in time of danger. 4‘ At all events, when the necessity shall be urgent, Eng land 111114 choose between two evils—the aggrandizement of France, or the aggrandizement of Russia. If she does not , permit the one. she will not hinder the other." BELGIAN FUNDS.—Bees Jan. 12. Actual Debt, 2.Y4 per Cent 53 liotkgchild's Loan, Five per C en t lnt Loan o f city, 15:32, Four per Cent ,Y174 Society of Commerce, Eppr and a Half per Cent 133 • Bank of Belgium, Five per Cuut„„„,„,„"„„ 113}5 b rus sels rapers, Jan. :3. ~- ~,,, BIRMINGHAM -4PTIPT DINNER.—The tickets for the great reform dinner; which is tked for the 28th instant, wpm issued on Monday, and all purchased before twelve n'clocic on Igoday. Enormous pr em i ums are D OW being offered, but no seP Town-hall if the could dine 3,000 persons, it would not require twe hf;a3.4 t , _ o dispose of the tickets, Is this a proof of r9aptio4 in fayl , 'O u ' r of m'?Toryis ' '..:, '.'„':'-', 2 .`.- , i 13IRMINGH ~~,l~'l=-i' ~ ~ D - t~ ~. .~ The Tories, in their 'madness, are earring round an ad : dress, ; stating—'‘ We, the nridersigned, object or oppose the meeeting of the inhabitants, 'to . ' be held on Monday next ; and called by a self-elected body, calling themselves the Council of the Political Union." The above, although not the exact-words, are, I believe, the purport of the pro test—for the writer of this has not seen the document, al though one of the concoctcrs, a Mr. John Smallwood, spirit merchant, called at his shop for his signature, during his absence, this afternoon. In consequence of which, I h ave just this minute called upon tb'e Do ha Smallwood, but being out I have only seen whoa I gave my address and the following tnessge—Ttl)at. I called in consequence of his politeness in favouring me with a visit, and that being Liberal myself. in politics, I practised that liberality towards others ; as - a proof which, I allowed my young man to remain a member of a • yeomanry- corps, officered by notorious Orangemen, at a very considerable inconvenience to myself---4)f permitting his frequent ab sence. But that from the Orange party I had received nothing but insult and outrage ; still that so much did I disapprove of violent phlitical agitation, that I should not have taken the part I take, but for the savage conduct of the Tories respecting the Manchester Massacre and hid' Tithes. The readers of The Sun ought to know that now the spirit or re-action is indeed roused in Birmingham, the Tories pretend to derrecate agitation, and declare the Coon -01 self-elect. Why? I was first elected a member at a very numerous meeting ; and in September last, re-elected with my fellow-councillors, at a public meeting, convened by advertisement and placards, held in the Town Hall, g ranted by the Commissioners, and crowded to excess by, I think, near fourteen thousand men,whilst from their private meet ing, held by O'Sullivan and M‘Gee, the writer of this was purposely excluded by the committee--although, so deter mined was Ito get a ticket, that I applied personallyAo two of the committee—Mr. Hibbert and Mr. Heelep___ and as a heaVy rate-payer, requested a ticket ; and on refusal, demanded it is a right. - Upon a•second reftisal, I applied to the late High Bailiff, who 'declared, that I had a legal right to be present. However, having done enough to prove they dare hold no public meeting, I refrain from further steps. The reason of their fear, was my avowal of a determination of bringing forward the sufferings of the early Quakers, and especially 'my'own family, against these miscalled Christians. I write these- lines in great haste, being after seven o'clock to give you some idea , not only how they (the Tories) are acting, but that some of `us of the Council will rejoice to meet them ; and are ready with facts. If they come forward in a public meeting—.“ Verily the:Lord has•delivered them into . our hands!" T LEE STTN, LON DON SATU RD Y . , jatiN 1T4.. 11Y- 16, 1 S: - 16 13RIG-111'ON-FRIDA Y. Ti Majosii(!?, drove (4t, -- betWeentWo and,ihre p o'clock this zifter.-ioon, on the upper-road to Shorehlm:,'' The King's sisters have not been out this day; the weather being so very changeabk they are fearful if they venture out. of re newing their .coLls• We are happy to state that their Royal iiiglinesses are much better to -day, Their Majesties dinner party yesterday evening, by, in citation, comprised Colonel Sir A. and Lady Dalrymple, Sir P. Malcolm, Mrs. FitzberbCrt, Mr. and Mrs. Stafford Jet-- ,ningham, Major-General, Sir Henry and Lady Wheatley, 'Captain Bullock, R.N., and the Marquis of Ely. Major-General Sir Henry and Lady Wheatley arrived yesterday evening at the Palace, and joined the Royal suite. The King 0-aye audience to the Marquis of Ely and Sir Heary Wheatley (Privy Ptirse) this morning. Names were left at Le PalaCe this morning, by Major Bidwell Edwards, Captain W. Braddyll Bigland, R.N. (on leaving), -Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Windsor, Colonel Sir A. and Lady Dalrymple, Countess of Orloff, Sir Henry, Lady, and Miss Revers, Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Mackenzie, Hon. L. Pars Ons, Lieut.-Colonel and Mrs. Chatterton, and Hon. Miss King. Vice-Admiral Sir Pniteney Malcolm quitted the York Hotel this morning for Portsmouth, after having bad the honour of dining at the Palace three successive evenings. Sir James Kempt left the Albion Hotel yesterday, on a tour Westward. THE NEWSPAPER TAX. (To the Editor of the Greenock Inteiligencer.) Sir,—l have read with much satisfaction the letter signed, " A Friend to Cheap Knowledge," which appeared in your paper of Saturday last ; and beg leave to declare most dis tinctly, in addition to what I have already said, my entire concurrence-in the sentiments of its author, and also in your commentary. I did express, at the meeting I had . so recently with the electors of Greenock, my perfect con viction that the stamp duty on newspapers would be cer tainly abolished on the sth of July next at the very latest ; but I .agrde that we should make " assurance doubly sure," by loading the tables of both Houses of Parliament, at the very commencement of the .approaching session, with peti tions from every class in every quarter. And let us go fur ther ; let us resort, by a clear constitutional course, to as certain unequivocally what our representatives in Parlia ment will do individually in the matter. Let. the question be put to every Member of Parlianient by his constituents, Will you, or will you not—yea, or nayvote for the immediate and the total removal of the stamp duty on newspapers ?" I myself cannot petition the, House of Commons while a Member of it, but I can, and will, cheerfully join any others, many or few, in addressing a letter to each of the representatives whom I have supported, to know how they will act. I am a voter in the counties of Ayr, Renfrew, and Lanark, and will be glad, how soon I can get so much good use out of these votes as may arise from the example set to others, regarding the removal of the most degrading and injurious tax every inflicted on a free people—for which, be it most especially kept in mind, there is now not even the senaance of an excuse, for the revenue has increased, and the Exchequer can, and must, do Without it. As to meeting the inhabitants of Greenock, or of any other town, village, or district, in the adjoining counties, I am ready to do so at a moment's notice, in order to encou rage, aid, and assist them in the accomplishment of this great ,moral achievement. . I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, • Kelly, Jan. 8, 1836. ROBERT WALLACE. The Working Classes of Greenock highly approve of the suggestions contained in the above letter of their respected Representative ; they do intend to make " assurance doubly sure ;" and they earnestly solicit their fellow work men throughout the country to co-operate with them in denouncing, and in demanding the TOTAL REPEAL of this, the most odious tax. On the opening of Parliament, let petitjoos four in from every quarter. THE BALLOT. We have been favoured with the subjoined letter on the practical benefit of the Ballot, from a most intelligent'gen tleman, who is well known in the literary world. As the result of his own experience of the working of the Ballot, in a large community, it is of more worth than any specu lative or abstract reasoning on the subject TO THE EDITOR OF THE Linßrom, mEncunr. . . Si*,—The method usually adopted by the Tories in order to oppose the progress of reform - is to get up some cant phrase of an opprobrious character which, in place of reason and argument, is echoed from journal to journal from month to month, until it is (by them) received as an axiom. The friends of reform seek to forward its progress by the production of facts bearing upon any given point or measure which they desire to carry, leaving the cool judg ment and good sense of their fellow-countrymen thence to deduce their own conclusions. I wish to adopt this course in reference to the question of voting by ballot, which has been stigmatized as an " un-English practice," and " a mo dern and dangerous experiment." Those who so call it know better—they know that voting by ballot is the rule in our communities and societies both large and small, and open voting the exception. No matter ;—the lie answers their temporary purpose, and is, therefore, audaciously re peated. I am an inhabitant of the parish of St. Pancras, London, which contains above 130,000 inhabitants, and more than 10,000 rate-payers. For some years we were governed • by a Select Vestry—a nice, snug, self-elected conclave. - From this nuisance, about five years since, Sir John Hobhouse's Bill delivered us, and the rate-payers now (as in most of the other great metropolitan parishes), choose the persons who are to levy and expend the money necessary for the main tenance of the poor and other parochial purposes. The Act in question prescribes the mode of voting to be by ballot. Now, how does this work—what is the gond or evil result of the practice? Simply this. In the first place, it puts an end to all canvassing ; no inconsiderable blessing. The old select struggled hard to keep possession of their seats, but the means of intimidation and compulsion were taken from them ; every voter went to the poll in the fearless and honest discharge of his • duty. We are plagued by gangs of canvassers for PaFfanientary candi dues, but none have ever taken the field in our , Municipal elections. All sides know it to be useless, and, there, is fore, the practice has ceasel. Notice, given of the election day, and the PoThis taken in.the Ve§tv-room, Gordon-square. The Churchwardens preside, and the -collectors of the four districts into which the • - parish is divided attend with their rate-books. . The voter announces his name and residence ; the collectors and the vestry-clerk turn to their books, and finding all correct, mark off the voter's name, who deposits his list in a large box with a slit in the top, and goes about his bnsiness. There is no crowd, much less any riot or confusion. It is a quiet matter of business, which every man performs unmolested, and de pirts. And yet our contests are sctere, becauSe to the parish they arc important ; every rate-payer knows that he will feel in his purse the result of the election. Such is the practical working of the vote by ballot in this instance, which is not that of a small compact consti tuency, but one larger than that-of most towns or cities in • the kingdom. Might we not thence take a hint of another kind for our Parliamentary elections, by adopting the exist ing rate, which, though in a few instances faulty, must be in the main correct ; and, by thus making occupancy confer the right of 'voting, get rid of all the cumbrous, expensive, • complicated machinery of the Registration Courts, ,whose contradictory and clashing decisions only serve to show the impossibility of connecting that right with property with out an endless repetition of such absurdities as were re cently perpetrated by the Learned Gentlemen who presided at them. Yours, &c. Jan. 2, 1836. X. Y. . In Germany there are now to be found, in many country houses, an amusing application of zoological know ledge for the purpose of prognosticating the weather. Two frogs are kept in a glass jar about 18 inches in height, and 6 inches in diameter, with the depth of 3 or 4 inches of water at the bottom, and a small ladder reaching to the top of the jar. On the approach of dry weather the frogs mount the ladder ; but, when wet weather is expected, they descend into the water. These animals are of a bright g reen. . . A new literary institution was formally opened in Manche4er on Monday evening last. It to be called .• . tie Atbcnumi, - COURT CIRCULAR. The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria drove and walked in Hyde-park yesterday afternoon... In the evening their Royal Highnesses were present at the perror mances at Drury-lane Theatre. His MajesisPil:ill hold a Council this day at Brighton. The •Conneil is aPpointed at four o'clock. Viscount Melbourne has been confined by slight indispo sition to his residence in Sonth-street during the last two days. Mr. John 'Montt, Sir'Charles Price,. and Mr. Joshua Walker, SouthWark-bridge , Directors, had an interview yes terday with the Chancellor of the Exchequ,r, in Downing street. Viscount Palmerston left town yesterday morning for his seat at Broadlands, Hants. Despatches weresentiaffiust evening from the Colonial office, for the Governors of the West India colonies. The Marquis of Lansdowne arrived in town, last even,. ing, from his seat at BoWend, Wilts. - Sir Edward C. 'DiSbroNVe, his Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and. Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of the Netherlands, transacted business at the Foreign-office. The Master of the Mint had an interview yesterday with the Chancellor of the Exchecier. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Rev. E. S. Thurlow, Mrs. Thurlow, and the Misses Thurlow, at Marshall Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square ; Miss Chauncy, at ditto ; J. Dawkins, Esq., and Miss Daw kins, at ditto ; John H. Touchett, Esq., at ditto; J. Langford, Esq., at ditto; Rev. Mr. Whinfield, and family, at Fladong's Hotel, from Newport Pagnel ; Castle Sherard, Esq., and Haughton Sherard Esq., at ditto, from Bruges; Mr. and Mrs. Kerslake, at ditto, from Norfolk ; Major Gore Browne, at ditto, from Buckingham • J. D. Bridges, Esq., at ditto, from Brighton ; 'F, 13arnebY, Esq., at ditto, from Hereford shire ; Viscount Sydney, from his scat, Fro,gnal, Kent ; Sir Henry Fitzberbert, Bart., and Master Fitzherbert, at the St. George's Hotel, Albemarle-street, from their seat, Tiffing-ton, Derbyshire ; Mr. and Mrs. Birch, at ditto, from Surrey ; Col. and Mrs. Davis, at ditto, from Worcestershire ; Mr. and Mrs. Farquharson, at ditto, from Scotland; Mr. and Mrs. Moore, Molineux, at Crawley's Hotel, Albemarle-street, from their seat, near Guilford; Capt. and M. s. Vernon, in Gros venor -street, from Cheltenham ; Mr. .and, Mrs. Martin, at Raggett's Hotel,. Dover, stroet, from . the Continent; the, Earl of Portarlington, at Bryant's Hotel, - Conduit-street, Bond. street, from .Brandon, the, seat of Lord Scarborough. DEPARTURES. Lord ForeSter, on a visit to the Dtike of Rntland,athisseat,• Belvoir Castle, - Leicestershire; Colonel Gore Langton, for Dover ; Hon. George Byng, for Wrothani Park, near Barnet ; Hon. R. Forester, for the Continent; Mrs. and Mrs. Daven port, and family, from Batt's Hotel; Dover street, for their seat in Cheshire ; Captain and Mrs. Sheddon, from ditto, for Southampton ; Mr. and Mrs. Harvey, and family, from ditto, for the Continent; Mr..and Mrs. Scott, from Crawley's Hotel, Albemarle-street, for their seat in I3erks - ; Dr. and Miss Hawtrev, from the. St. - George's Hotel, Albemarle-street, for Eton; - Sir Arthur BrOoke, Bart., and Mr. Shaserley, from Ellis's Hotel, St. James's-street, for Cheshire ; Capt. Weeks,. from ditto, for Leamington ; Cecil Fane, Esq.,• for Lincoln shire; the Rev. Mr. Conningham, from'ditto, for Herts; W. Conningham, Esq.-, from - ditto, for Dublin; .1. , H.- Conyers, Esq., from ditto, for Essex; It. Pulsford, Esq., from Mar shall Thornson's Hotel, Cavendish-squire ; C. Gordon, Esq., from ditto; J. A. •Sla;21:, Esq., from ditto; Captain . Brooke,• from Fladong's Hotel, Oxford-street, for Dublin; Rev. Mr. Billington, from ditto ; Rev. Mr.'-Roundall,' from ditto; Rev. Dr. Salmon, from ditto, The Duke of Devonshire recently gave 94-7. for the edition of Shakspeare's dramas. The same copy of the same plays had been sold for twenty guineas - a short time previously. During 1835 . the importation of wool into the port of London was fUll 10,000 bales less than' that or 1834. The deficieney - isitiOstry in Spanish. We have had wore from our colonies in 1835 than-in 1834. Wool now is very dear. It seems likely, after all, that there will be no new election fin :\tarylelione, as it . is reported that Mr. Bulwer will . return to England at the meeting of Parliament, and that Sir• George . Seymour will, in that event, go to Brussels. Mr. Sergeant Adams, of. the Midland Circuit, will, it is said, succeed Mr. Rotch in the Chair of the Middle sex Sessions, with a salary of 1,0001. per annum. _ Mr. Bickersteth, the new Master of the Rolls, was originally destined for the medical profession ; and actually took the grand tour as medical attendant upon . the Countess of Oxford. He afterwards became the, pupil of Mr. Bell, the celebrated Chancery Barrister. MASTERS IN CHANCERY. -- Sir Christopher Pepys, the new Lord Chancellor, is the son of Sir William. Pepys, many years a Master in Chancery, and married the daughter of William Wingfield, Esq.; who enjoys the same lucrative post. In addition to which, one of his first acts will be to appoint a Master in Chancery, a vacancy being daily expected. We- regret to learn that M. Lafitte continues very much indisposed Fuller, the divine, and the author of the " History of the Worthies of England,". had a very extraordinary me mory. He could repeat five hundred unconnected words after hearing them only twice, or could mention all the tradesmen's signs in the leading thoronghfares of the city of London after passing through it.' ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE.—The season at this theatre closed last night. At the end of the performances' Mr. Rayner delivered an address . to the audience, which was received with great applause. Our limits prevent us , from inserting the address, by which we regret to find that the speculation has not been a profitable one for the ma nager, though it has benefited the performers. • DISSENTERS' GRIEVANCE&—A meeting of the Unitarian Dissenters of Plymouth and Devonport was held at the former place on the 7th of this month, when'a peti tion to the House of Commons was adopted. The petition possesses one entirely new feature, praying fin. " a similar :aremption.from duties on materials employed in the erection of Their places (If public worship to that now enjoyed by the members rf the Established Church." This is the first time we recollect seeing any allusion to this subject in a petition to Parliament. As the law at present stands, a drawback of the duties paid in respect of all timber used in the erec tion of Churches belonging to the Thididish»tent is granted under the 58 Geo. 111., cap. 45, and 59 Geo. IR,. cap. 134. The remission of the duties on timber is also granted in the case of mines, but not in the case of timber used in the -erection of Dissenting Chapels. The yearly loss to Govern ,ment, by remitting the duties in cases of Dissenting Chapels • would be small, while the advantages to the Dissenters would be great. It is estimated that . -a - saving of from four to five hundred pounds would accrue in the building of a large chapel. When the subject is brought before Par liament in the ensuing Session, - we shall give it that atten tion which its importance demands. With reference to a paragraph which appeared in our paper of yesterday, we give the following statement in justice to Mr. Duncombe. At, the last election'for Fins bury, Mr, Sergeant Spankie, Mr. Duncombe, Mr. Wakley, and Mr. Hobhouse were the candidates, and Mr. Raphael was the returning officer. Prior to the day of nomination, Mr. Duncombe and the other candidates advanced 401. each towards the expenses which Mr. Raphael would have to incur in the erection of hustings, &c. After the election a further sum of 381. 2s, l ld. was demanded by him from each candidate. This demand was resisted by all, and writs against three of the candidates were issued at his suit. It is sufficient to state that not one of the candi dates has paid the sum demanded by Mr. Raphael., Mr. Duncombe's committee -insisted that he (Mr. D.) should leave the matter to them, and to prevent further litigation, tendered upWards of 201. This -was refused—the action proceeded-81. 12s. Bd. was paid into Court ;. the sum de-, mantled by the Writ being 381. 2s. 11d., by the particulars .ei accompanying declaration, 37/. Mr. Duncombe I s in the hands of his committee: The question with thcm,is, not one of money, but of principle. It is, in filet, whether a candidat e i s to pay the exen ses defined by Act 0. Parlia rn-tnt, o r those which Mr. Raphael thinks. proper to de mand.— .1 lorning TILEIvER.--Ycsterday FATAL A CCID ' morning, •between.six and seven o'clock,, 4. fatal ac cident occurred on iihe Ti l / 4 :er 1 . 1)a1A(4 , kntlyettl 1 3- Miley and Pridies i n ame a the sufferer was Jame s , X 4141 law—a young man 24 years V_ age, whow‘as engaged, onboard a West-country barge that was proceain? . , with a cargo of mat to 1-.a.dwel!. The unfbrttmate young rnan was crossing. the barge in order to place some -tarpaulin:4 - over the sacks,: when, by a tremendous gust of wind, the poor fellow was blown overboard. Owinz.to the darkness of the morning, and the boisterous state of the weather, he was not missed for some minutes. The body has not yet been diScovered. ARTILLERY HEAD - QUARTERS, BOMBAY, SEPT. 3, 133.5.—Regimental Orders, by Colonel Russell It is with the must sincere regret that the Commandant has to communicate to the corps the decease of Captain 8. J. C. Falconer, which took Ice at Ahmedabad, on. the 20th ult. In making this communication the Commandant feels assured that he is cordially joined by all ranks in deploring the loss of this valuable officer, whose professional ability and private worth rendered him at once the object of esteem, respect, and affection, whether known as an officer engaffed in the .public duties of his profession, or as a gentleman in private life. There are, it is said, not less than 700 or 800 books extant on tbe botanical description and medicinal vises the•Cirichina bark, No change in the constitution and discipli ne of the metropolitan police is intended, or in contemplation. The heavy snow of Sunday last has now nearly disappeared: Fires are daily kept in all the apartments of the new Palace, St. James's Park, which is now in complete order, and ready for the reception of their Majesties. As the King and Queen intend in the spring to give a succession of entertainments, an opportunity will be afforded of viewing the magnificence and splendour of the intiJrior . of the Palace, As an example of the interczt which the King takes in the important operations now 10 progress for arratying and classing the public records, we may mention that, ailer the perusal of a recent correspondence. between Sir George Harrison and Mr. PUlton Cooper, respoetiog the records of the Duchies of Lancaster rind Cornwall, his Majesty was pleased to dictate to Bir Herbert Taylor a letter, now under the consideration of the Record Board, containing the very wise suggestion that a transfer should be made of the records from the repositories, where they may now acci dentally be, to those offices to which they naturally belong. How 'strangely does the following passage in an American tour soimil in an English ear ;—" We started at seven for B/andArch passing through part of Blenheim and 0...10rd, we .got to Martin's tavern, upon the great London Road, about two, a distance of thirty miles from Paris." SERIOUS ACCIDENT IN PFCCADILT,Y.-:—YeSter day, between one-and two .o'clock, as Captain Gilbert Hen derson, a :gentleman residing at Phillimore Lodge, St. John's-wood, Regent's-park, accompanied by his lady (who unfortunately is far advanced in pregnancy,) was • proceed ing along Piccadilly in his cabriolet, drawn by a. remarkably high-spirited horse, the guard of a stage coach sounded his bugle for the purpose of causing the drivers of some carts to draw off on one side. Captain Henderion's horse was alarmed at the sound, and set off at a furious rate, when the wheel of the cabriolet came in contact with that of a sca venger's cart. The collision was so violent that the cabrio let was instantly Overset, and both Captain H. and his lady were precipitated. with tremendous violence to the ground. Several pa!-sons immediately rendered every possible assist ance. The lady was in a state of insen s ibility, h er h ea d , face, and arms being shockingly lacerated. The Captain was also considerably hurt about the head ;• they were both immediately conveyed in a coach to their residence. Last week, as Mr. Bailey, of the Red Lion public house, King's Cliffe, was engaged in catching rats, be had occasion to remove a slab in his_ browbouse, when he 'acci dentally discovered an earthenware vessel,' containing gold coins to the amount, it is said, of several hundred pounds.— Lincoln Mercury. HAMPSHIRE AGRICULTURAL MEETING.—A very numerous meeting took place at Wincheater on Wed nesday, to consider the present distressed state of the landed interest. Sir Thomas Baring was in the chair, and in an able speech expressed his opinion that relief was alone to be looked for in the adoption of a mixed silver and gold Standard ; in the 'permission to "country' banks to enlarge their issue of notes on lodging stock as security ; and i❑ the enactment of a poor law for Ireland. Several resolutions were passed, and the meeting adjourned. EAST KENT AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION.— A meeting was held on Saturday last, at which it was re solved that this association shoufd co-op3rate with the Cen tral Agricultural Board in London, and deputies were accordingly named, who should proceed to town for that purpose. • DOING'S 6P TI a SWELL • MOD.-The members of this honourable corps reaped . on Thursday "night last an excellent harvest during their presence at, and after the termination of a grand 'fancy dress ball at the Colosseum, - ; Regent's Park. The attendance of the .Nobility and Gen try was numerous, and the fraternity alluded to congre gated in great numbers also ; fortunately for their specula tion, very few police officers were in attendance, and in con sequence thereof several ladies, on quitting the Terpsi corean arena, were unable to find their shawls, cloaks, &c., which bad been carried off by the gentlemanly-dressed conveyancers in question, one of whom, on being detected in the work of plunder, knocked down a constable by a tremendous blow on the eye, and with a cashmere shawl, worth at least fifty guineas, got clear off. The rest of the gang made a good night's work ; and it is supposed that the depredations altogether exceeded three hundred pounds in amount. TRIBUNAL OF CORRECTIONAL POLICE.—A Tidai§tt . ArFAlß.—Michael Ledrue and Pierre Lorrain were charged with stealing a coat, a handkerchief, and a watch, the property of one Jean Latouche, under the fol lowing, very singular circumstances :—The prosecutor, a very sober demure-looking_ personage, deposed that he was about to turn into the Rue Taitbout, when he was sud- , denly seized and thrown upon the shoulders of the pri 7 soner Pierre Lorrain, who held him fast while Ledru, the other prisoner, took away his property. The moment he began to cry out, the prisoners commenced tickling- him under the arms, which, in spite of his distress, made him laugh. The prisoner. Ledru, on being called upon for his defence, said that the prosecutor was quite under a mistake. It is possible, added he, that the joke was a sorry one ; but the fact is that we saw him comity , along,' and we thought he looked too serious for a true Frenchman, and we there fore determined to see if we could not make him laugh by tickling him. How do you explain th e ro bb er y o f th e handkerchief, the coat, an d the watch*? said the' `President. Very easily, replied Ledru. We merely took off the coat because it was impossible to tickle him properly through the cloth. And the handkerchief? Why, the fact was, , that when the gentleman laughed, the effect was so lu d i c rous I am sure if you had been there, you would have laughed also.. All the bystanders laughed, and my eyes became so moistened with laughter that I took out the handkerchief to Wipe them. But the watch ? asked the President. Prisoner--L-Oh the watch; that is another affair. We did not wish to carry the joke too far ; people may be killed with tickling ; there are instances of it ; I therefore said, we must not let him laugh more than ten minutes, or he will be suffocated, and, in order to count the exact time, I took out his watch. This defence did not succeed, how ever, and Messrs. Ledru and Lorrain were sentenced to six months imprisonment.—Gazette des Tiibunatt.r. MYSTERIOUS: ANNOYANCE.—Doring therlast ten days the family of Air. Janard, of No. 46, Upper Corn wall street; St. George's East, have been greatly annoyed, and the whole neighbourhood disturbed, by the conduct of some malicious persons, who, on the evening of the 4th •instant, commenced throwing stones, pieces of brick, and other missiles, through the back windows of the lower part of the house s by which several persons have been severely injured, and property to a considerable amount destroyed. This diabolical syStem of persecution towards an unoffend ing family commenced on - the above-named day; when a great quantity of. stones and large cinders were thrown from some unknown hands at the parlour-window at the back of the house. Every pane of glass was broken, the frames of the window smashed, and some of the articles in the room damaged. Mr. Janard, who keeps a chandler's shop, and his wifi, on proceeding into the apartment to dis cover from what quarter the missiles proceeded, were unable to- do so, but all the time they were in the room they were pelted. Stones were thrown at in tervals during the whole night, and two persons who were on the look-out to discover the infamous authors of the mischief had their heads broken. Next day Mr. Young, the inspector of the K division of police, ac companied by Perkins and Wood, two policemen, examined the premises, and while they were in the house and yard in the rear, the stones, coals, ece., fell about them like hail, but all their efforts to discover from whence they proceeded proved fruitless. Tho inspector was struck by a brick, and Perkins received a stone on his hat, which, but for the protection afforded by the leather on the top of it, would no doubt have cut his head open. The annoyance has since been continued daily, although Wood, a policeman, and other officers, have been continually in and about the premises ; and Mr. Janard,.his wife, and family, no sooner enter the back room, or' walk ' across the yard, than some thing is thrown at them. The policenian, Wood, one day was severely wounded by a stone,. thrown at him while standing upon the wall which separates the yard from the gardens in the rear of the houses in the Back-road, One evening the landlord of the house' was s' k ttirig in his front room, where he supposed he was b,eyond the reach of harm, when a stone which waF,. , hurled through the back tvindor' passed over the PPOITI into the apartment in which he was sitting, aild Strklek him on the breast. What renders . the circurestanee more extraor di nary i s , t h a t a great part.ws of the missiles thrown into the house are sc . i,t,c. VArkkis SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS We congrainlat e the friends 'oft:Poland upon the solemn recognition of h er rights, whiCh has aE., , ain•been pronounced hy a great. ma,jority in the French C.,hatn. 'tier of Dqpilties . . We had hardly expected such ti re stilt: We feared that the Cha m b e r wou ld h ave Mt . fu allusion i tse lf w ith the vagu e allusiotteo Athdedsrttl,b4,ctvhcoi,...nri : tamed in the' fifth paragraph • of th runs as follows The first 'want o f eivilizado, -hire, is peace ; and we have received with great surf:: from your Majesty's lips the assurance whi c h yo hr have given of the satisfactory state of bur relatiotk-3 with Foreign Powers. Our intimate with Gi etit Britain is an additional guarantee fer the elu rat i ou peace; it secures the assertion and:the - maintenance o f - rights consecrated by treaties, the execut;.tm of which is essential to the equilibrium of P. Urope." M. D'H • mut proposed tp after the Word " Treaties,' " 414 wh i ' l 2. wive been so often and so recently coif. teinned.” M. Biguon wished to have the paragraph remain as it was, hut to have followed it up by another in these terms :—" 'The Chamber of Deputies is de..ply convinced, and the Government your Majesty, we doubt not, shares in that - ,;onviction, that the re-establishment of Polish v.- it i om ,li ty oug h t to b e placed in the first rank o f that e qu ilib r ii nP " the conditions essential to :Then finally. came M. de Mornay, a A l i ":sterial 11 - eputy,,.who submitted that all the words after ." our • relations with foreign. Powers," should be struck, out, •and that for the remainder of the paragraph the :following sentence should be substi tiated :—" This auspiciou s harmony gives .us the hope - , - that in unison with Great Britain and the Powers whose interests are connected With our own, Yoamay be able, Sire, to restore the equilibrium of Europe, so necessary to the maintenance of peace, and that the first pledge of it will he the preservation of the ancient nationality of Poland, consecrated by. treaties." Each of these amendments was strenu ously resisted by the Due de Broglie, who recapi tulated what France had already endeavoured to effect in behalf of Poland. After the late insur rection it had attempted to interfere in behalf of the Poles, contending that the r e v o lt o f Warsaw had not ex onerate d Russia from the oblicrations imposed upon her by the Congress of V;_enna, and that France would recognise no other ernmection between Russia and Poland, save that xvhi...di had been prescribed by the treaties and the policy- of Alexander. To this argument Russia answered, that the rebellion of the Poles had annulled the treaties ; upon which France replied, that the treaties were not infringed by • that revolt, and that they still continued in all their vigour. It seems strange, after this exordium, that the Minister for Foreign Affairs should proceed to dissuade the Chamber from adopting any of the amendments, which he described as useless protests against the conduct of the Russian Emperor, unless the country was prepared to follow them up by a declaration of war, which .he presumed nobody would suggest. 'Why did the French Government declare, in the first instance, against the subversion of the nationality of Poland ? 'Were the Ministers who then advocated the cause of Poland determined on backing their - dispatches by a proclamation of war ? Certainly not. 'All that they then meant to do was, to protest solemnly, in the face of Europe, against the violation of the treaties of Vienna, and to preserve, , in the opinion of the World, the moral nationality of Polandto preserve it, and to carry it on in the sama way until that nationality should be placed, by favour able events, upon an indestructible foundat!On. The conclusions of the Foreign Minister, so- in consistent with his premises, were scattered to the winds by the manly reasonings and powerful eloquence of Odillon Barret, whose speech had an electric effect on the Chamber. " The Emperor of Russia," said he, " has declared, in the face of Europe, that Polish nationality was a criminal chimera which it was necessary to stifle in the heart of every Pole ; he has declared this—he, who has no tribune, and who 'is the sole representative of the Russian nation—this is the answer which_ he has given to your , protestS in favour of PelandeaUd this is the time, when he has hurled defiance against you, that you are enjoined to be silent Such an appeal to the pride and gallan try of France was irresistible. After a • miserable speech from M. Lamartinc, in which lie defended the course proposed by the Minister, the amendments were nut to the vote, and that of M. de Mornay, as being the strongest, was carried by a large majority. The Ministers did not vote upon'the queAion. Thus the covert allusion to Poland in. the original draft of the Address, has now been converted into an explicit and even a strong declaration. When the Chamber calls upon the King to restore the equilibrium of Eu rope, it declares that equilibrium to he now disturbed. When it proclaims that peace is essential to France, and that that peace is 'put in danger by the conduct of Russia to Poland,' it can hardly stop . there very long, without attempting, to secure the public tranquillity against the ambition of Russia. When it solicits Se King, through the solemn language of an Ad tires;, to " pieserve the ancient nationality t of Poland Consecrated by treaties," it is dealing with no r h e t or i ca l figures. It speaks of things, of realities of the first importance. It replies to the threats vociferated at Warsaw, by an energetic declaration that these threats shall , never be 'carried into execution ; that should the inhabitants again revolt, they shall not be destroyed, nor shall their capital he levelled to the earth by the guns of the citadel. This is cheering language to the friends of liberty ; it cannot fail to produce a most salutary effect. Over-.san,quine then 'Will exclaim that all this is very fine phraseology,- but that it is of no benefit to Poland, unless it be seconded by measures of direct hostility. The time for war is not yet come ; it may possibly not come at ail. These reiterated pro tests against usurpation prevent it from attaining any settled form, and so cripple it, that even if it should continue to exist; it will exist with so much pain, that death would be greatly preferable to such a life of constant. struggle. Justice in the end is sure to find a way to victory. Our House of Commons must not permit itself to be outdone upon this question by the Chamber of Deputies.' Should no allusion be made to it in the King's Speech, sonic Member, we trust, will introduce into the - Address phrases equivalent to those of M. de Mornay's amendment. Silence upon our side will be impossible, after what has passed, un 1-ss we be resolved to repudiate the confidence placed in our alliance with France, for the realisation of the wishes of the French Chamber, —of the hopes of Poland—and the aspirations of civilized Europe.— orn in , (712-0210 c. It cannot but occur to every one diiring the present law changes (besides the expense Which is unhappily to be inflicted on the country) to observe how Peerages, with their attendant coronets, are showered wantonly down. Nate, while Ministers ate thus honouring one profession which thrives by the dissensions of mankind, is it not also. painful to reflect, that they are in an equal degree striving to sink and depreciate another which exits by diffusing peace and comfort ? The men who are to be peered and pensioned arc undoubtedly dis tinguished in the profession to which they belong : so are there men in the Church of the same original state in society, %Om passed through the same education, contended for the same prizes in the same Universities, were even more frequently the victors, but having in these days of infidelity fixed upon the less fa voured profession—these are to be degraded and villi . fied, and those exalted. This, we say, is an unnatural state of society—talents do not find their just level . —it inflicts injustice, and must lead to g reater evils. 'With regard to the distribution of the honours on legal persons, we have al re ady given our opinion. We greatly respect Sir John Campbell; we hope we may say without Offence, we wish he had re s p ect ed himself more. it is the mostiii glilar Attorney-Generalproceeding ever heard of, that the wife of a: should as Peeress , a nd her husb an d , i n whom such he made a acknowlede-ment that alone the claim resided, should be left where he is--a John's acquiescence in ' we know, wonld not wish his wife to take seD:nesuneoat tacit Sir this plain pr l o iT e t e i c i(: i l i i i t ig .. e> an inferior cl h e is a poison of :ass to his wife ? Manw a title iu which ltitnseil was not to participate, even though the pretension wi a husband, ght, in some degree, re , ; do in the female. II • • • ...owever, it is incredible how tl.aiving a profession OW bar is new. Here are coroT:lets almost rot 61 ON tht .strzets for the heads of Gie profession to cat,ol w , •. tad, for the humbler cl- 1 • . Al xcus, commissionerships in abinulane e ; w hil e a de . /